Geospatial Cities | Smart Cities Marketplace

Introduction

The Geospatial Cities Initiative´s aim is to raise awareness of the step-change potential that geospatial data and services offers cities, and advocate for the further development of services tailored to cities’ needs; that are adapted to the operational processes of public administrations, SMEs and NGOs operating in cities.

Description

Market Awareness of what geospatial data can do in cities is low. Yet most cities are already active users, in for instance areas like transport. Building that awareness at a very practical level of the value that geospatial data can offer cities is vital to attract interest, support the case, and stimulate action.

Plans to accomplish this focus on capturing a solid evidence-based portfolio of case studies; refining our understanding of city service needs through dialogue, and proving and disseminating the results. The more detailed activities are shown in the table below.

ACTIVITY	INDICATIVE TIMELINE	COMMENTS
RAISE AWARENESS
Disseminate Case Study brochure (10 use cases of satellite applications in cities)	2020 – ongoing	Events. Blogs on M’place website (by active cities) high-lighting step-change potential
Identify and analyse other relevant use cases among the members of the EIP-SCC	2020 - 2023
Information session on funding schemes provided by the European Space Agency at EIP-SCC General Assembly (URBIS SMART CITY FAIR)	02.06.2020	Topic and availability to be confirmed with ESA
Information session on funding schemes provided by the European Commission in conjuction with relevant cities event	2nd half of 2020	Event and date to be decided
DEVELOP PORTFOLIO OF INITIATIVES
Identify interested stakeholders (cities / companies / financers) i in the topic of satellite-based urban applications	Jan – March 2020	Supported by a targeted email and 3 webinars to inform and engage EIP-SCC members
Select and detail subtopics / use cases (up to 4) of interest (e.g. needs served, overall data mapping,	Apr – June 2020	Supported by webinars with the EIP-SCC members interested in the wider topic
Align subtopics of interest with other EIP initiatives / ACs	June – Dec 2020
TEST & IMPLEMENT
Draft at least one business / value case for each subtopic identified	June 2020 – January 2021	Link with BM&F AC
Align stakeholders to funding schemes & develop proposals	From Q2 2020 – ongoing
Bidding phase	From Q2-3 2020 – ongoing
Demonstrations for the majority of conceived business cases, and ongoing expansion	2023